Bedstead.



No. 894,034. v PATENTED JULY 21, 1908.

E: T. MORRIS.

BEDSTEAD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2*. 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

J EL 13F 42 iEF atwenloz E. 7. Mar/'15 EMERSON T. MORRIS, OF DERWENT,OHIO.

BEDSTEAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 24, 1907. Serial No. 380,521.

Patented July 21, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMERSON T. MORRIS, citizen of the United States,residing at Derwent, in the county of Guernsey and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedsteads, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The purpose of this invention is the provision of a bedstead involving ayielding bottom of novel formation and a framework of unique structureadmitting ofthe parts being readily assembled and dismembered for anydesired purpose.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the meansfor eflecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accom anying drawings.

VVhi e the invention may be adapted to different forms and conditions bychanges in the structure and minor details without departing from thespirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodiment isshown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side view of a bedstead embodying the invention. Fig. 2 isa top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross section, upper and lowerportions of the legs being broken away. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of amodification. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a further modification.Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing the spring connection between a postand the bottom. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of a block andsocket. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of either a modification ofthe bottom or a portion of the head and foot showing the rods connectedby tie bars. Fig. 9 is a sectional view of a further modificationshowing the coil springs exterior to the post and housed by means of acasing. Fig. 10 is a detail perspective view of a modified form of blockand socket, the parts being separated. Fig. 11 is a sectional view ofthe lower end of the post showing a spring caster. Fig. 12 is a detailview of a further modified form of block and the coupling end of a rail.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

A bedstead in common with like structures comprises head and footpieces, connecting rails and a bottom. The corner posts 1v are connectedby means of longitudinal rails 2 and transverse connecting pieces 3. Theconnecting parts 2 and 3 may be rods or bars and their end portions arepreferably fitted in sockets 4 which are applied to the posts at thepoints indicated. To admit of ready separation and assembly of theparts, the connecting pieces 2 and 3 are secured in the respectivesockets 4 by means of set screws. When dismembered, the bedstead may bearranged in compact form since the several rods or bars may be formedinto a comparatively small bundle.

The bottom is yieldable to secure ease and,

may consist of a series of rods or bars having individual andindependent connection with the head and foot pieces or may consist of asingle structure having yieldable connection with the corner posts. Inthe construction shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the bottom is formed of aplurality of supporting members 5 which may consist of rods or barssolid or tubular, each having independent yieldable connection withcorresponding parts of the head and foot pieces. As indicated in Fig. 3the transverse connecting pieces 3 support posts 6 which are hollow andrecelve blocks 7 having sockets 8 and in Which latter the members 5 aresecured by means of set screws 9. The posts 6 have vertical slots attheir inner sides through which the connecting shanks between thesockets 8 and blocks 7 ass, said slots being of a length to admit ofample vertical play of the bottom or the members 5 thereof. By havingthe members 5 separate, the strain is not equally distributed upon theseries of supporting springs and while desirable, nevertheless, it ispreferred to connect the members or to form the bottom of a single pieceto admit of its yielding as a whole, as indicated in Figs. 4, 5 and 8,the latter showing a structure in which the bars 5 are con nected bymeans of tie rods 11 upon which are slipped spaced sleeves 12.

The blocks 7may be arranged between upper and lower springs 13 and 14 ormay be suspended by means of springs 15, as indicated most clearly inFig. 4. In the construction shown in Figs. 6 and 9, the rebound of thebed bottom is sustained by the upper springs 13 and by connecting the uper ends of said springs 13 to the posts, t e block 7 may be sustainedthereby and at the same time supported from below by means of the spring14, thereby getting the com- I bined action of the springs 18 and 14 insusprotected by means of a housing or casing I7 taining the load andstrain. The springs may be arranged within the posts, as indicated inFigs. 3 and 6, or may surround the posts, as shown in Fig. 9, or may bearranged between rods or bars 16, as indicated at Fig. 4. When thesprings are arranged exterior to the posts, as indicated in Fig. 9, theyare and are confined between stops 18, which latter also close the endsof the housing 17 and sustain the end'thrust of the springs. Variousways may be devised for connecting the sockets 8 to the block 7, some ofwhich are indicated in Figs..7, 10 and 12. In the construction shown inFigs. 4 and 5, the extreme longitudinal rods or bars of the bed bottomare connected by means of transverse members 1 9 and have yieldableconnection at their ends with the respective corner posts 1 of thebedstead. As indicated in Fig. 4 the corner posts have their lowerportions forked or formed of spaced members between which the springs 15and the longitudinal bars are fitted. The blocks 20 supporting the endsof the longitudinal and transverse connecting pieces are also securedbetween the forked members.

To add to the yieldable qualities of the bed it is proposed to mount thesame upon spring casters, as indicated in Figs. 5 and 11, the blocks 21receiving the casters being slidable upon the lower ends of the posts 1and bearing against springs 22 arranged within said posts and confinedtherein between stops and the upper ends of the caster blocks 21.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: i

1. In a knock down bedstead, the combination of corner posts providedwith sockets, longitudinal members connecting the corner posts atopposite sides of the bed and having their extremities detachablyclamped within the sockets, transverse members connecting the cornerposts at opposite ends of the bed and also having their extremitiesdetachably clamped within the sockets, a plurality of blocks yieldinglymounted upon the bedsockets, and a bottomcomprising longitudinal barshaving the extremities thereof deby the blocks.

2. In a bedstead, the combination of cor ner posts, spaced transversemembers connecting the corner posts at opposite ends of the bedstead, aseries of upright posts confiecting the said spaced transverse members,a block yieldingly mounted upon each of the said upright posts, and barsconnecting the blocks upon corresponding upright posts upon oppositeends of the bedstead.

ner posts, spaced transverse members connecting the corner posts atopposite ends of the bedstead, a series of upright posts connecting thesaid spaced transverse members, a block yieldingly mounted upon each ofthe upright posts and provided with a socket, and bars detachablyconnecting the blocks upon corresponding upright posts at opposite endsof the bedstead, said bars having their ends clamped within the sockets.

4. In a knock down bedstead, the combination of corner posts providedwith sockets, longitudinal members connecting the corner posts, a pairof spaced transverse members connecting the posts at the head and footof the bedstead, the said longitudinal and transverse members havingtheir ends clamped within the before mentioned sockets, a series ofupright posts connecting the spaced transverse members at the head andfoot of the bed respectively, blocks slidably mounted upon said uprightposts and provided with sockets, bars connecting the blocks upon corresponding upright posts at the head and foot of the bed, the said barshaving their ends removably clamped within the sockets carried by theblocks, and yielding means bearing against the blocks.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EMERSON T. MORRIS.

IVitnesses N. K. DEVOE,

stead, the said blocksbeing provided with R. P. KING.

tachably clampedwithin the sockets carried 3. In a bedstead, thecombination of cor-

